The laying of a cornerstone of a new mosque in the French town of Tours is the final betrayal of the valiant efforts of Charles Martel and countless other Europeans who over the ages have fought to prevent the Islamification of Europe.

The laying of the first stone of the new Grand Mosque of Tours — near the site of the 732 AD battle which saw the Frankish leader Martel defeat an invading Muslim army, was attended by the Algerian Minister of Religion, the Socialist mayor of Tours, Jean Germain, and the archbishop of Tours, Monsignor Aubertin.

Tours will have its Grand Mosque when the €5 million necessary for its financing has been found — in three years, at the earliest. A quarter of the sum has already been collected.

The land was purchased by the Paris Mosque, subsidized by Algeria. On November 29, 2008, amidst great ceremony, the first stone was laid. (Above: Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours, and below, a model of the new Mosque to be built in Tours.)

In 732, a Muslim army was defeated outside the city of Tours by Charles Martel and the Franks. The Battle of Tours was one of the most decisive battles in history since it stopped the Islamification of Europe — for at least 13 centuries.

The Algerian Minister of Religion, Bouabdallah Ghlamallah made a stopover in Tours to attend the laying of the first stone of the Grand Mosque of Tours, before taking off for Saudi Arabia — a land where the practice of Christianity is forbidden, as in Algeria where spreading it is punishable by heavy fines and prison sentences.

Algeria will contribute up to 490,000 euros towards financing the mosque. Bouabdallah Ghlamallah distinguished himself earlier in the year through his sense of inter-religious dialogue, so dear to the hearts of French bishops. He closed 10 Christian churches, justifying his actions by saying: “I associate evangelization with terrorism.”

On 24 June, 2004, Bouabdallah Ghlamallah denounced the evangelization of Kabyles (Berbers) in Algeria during a press conference in Algiers. He repeated that Islam was the “religion of the State and of all Algerians,” then warned that preaching Christianity would result inevitably in a confrontation: “There will be bloodshed.”